Binding with a Perfect Sufi Master: Naqshbandī Defenses of rābiṭa from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic

This article explores debates surrounding the controversial spiritual exercise of rābiṭa - the binding of the disciple with a Sufi master by envisioning the image of the master in different parts of the body. Despite being criticized as a non-Qurʾanic practice and as a form of idolatry, rābiṭa was m...

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Main Author: Wilson, M. Brett (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2020, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-78
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ottoman Empire / Turkey / Naqšbandīya / Religious leader / Imagination / Meditation / Pupil / History
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Turkey
B Mysticism
B Ritual
B Naqshbandī
B Ottoman Empire
B Sufism
B Syria
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